Last night, Sunday December 7th, I had the immense pleasure of attending the Brandeis Jazz Ensemble semester concert. Directed by the talented Bob Nieske, the Jazz Ensemble concentrated on music made popular in the 1960′s, focused on Thelonious Monk Big Band, arranged by Oliver Nelson. The concert was structured in two parts: small groups and [...]
In yet another display of why Brandeis in the 1960′s was so amazing, Amazon.com has announced that they will be releasing a live bootleg recording of Bob Dylan playing here on May 10, 1963 for the first ever Brandeis Folk Festival. Here is the track listing (note, all tracks previously unreleased): “Honey Just Allow Me [...]
Today I was walking in the hallway and I saw all these flyers. Then I went to the bathroom and thought how important information is and how much information there is so much that is, but then it is lost forever. Like there is so much in the world, but then it id lost forever [...]
On Saturday night, I was killing time and decided to buy a soda at Hannaford’s. While I was waiting in line, I took notice of the crowds which were mobbing the various check-out aisles. What every single person had in common was a harried look in their eyes, and what separated the crowd into two [...]
Posted on: February 1st, 2009
Category: Brandeis Values, Budget Crisis, Honesty, Loki, Sahar, The Public Good
The following was sent to the editors of Innermost Parts by a recent alumnus of Brandeis, who has been following the news and decided to do some of his own research on Brandeis’ finances. Most of his conclusions come after examining data from this document, the University’s publicly available FY 2007 990 tax form required [...]
